The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a unanimous ruling for Oklahoma over a North Texas water district in a case over delivery of water from the Red River.

The case, Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, Rudolf J. et al., pitted fast-growing North Texas against the state of Oklahoma. The Tarrant Regional Water District, which serves Fort Worth and other North Texas communities, wanted to buy water from Oklahoma reservoirs, but Oklahoma passed laws that effectively meant it wouldn't sell.

The Tarrant district sued six years ago and has spent $6 million on the lawsuit, according to ...

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What in the world made the TCWD think they could move upstream into OK's lakes to get water? Seem stupid to anyone but me? Sharing takes place at the Red River.

A little like Whole Foods Market's agreeing to let the local food bank have their out of date items that did not sell. A few years later the food bank sues to be allowed to pick out what they want when the delivery trucks start arriving to stick the store. Goofy. $6M down the drain.

Water has is abundant. It is just not abundantly available nor is it managed effectively. There are many different classes of water that can be tapped into but many of those will require a greater degree of processing to make it suitable for drinking. Currently groundwater that is classified as class II and Class III is discounted by the state and others for protection.

Management is another issue. Municipalities must manage and plan appropriately through the development of water resources and networking of infrastructure to effectively deliver it. Example, the City of Houston loses about 25-30% of the water that enters its water supply system due to leaks and breaks. Pipes break but they need to be repaired and replaced with diligence and that is costly. They had the money to do that but they wasted the reserves for that by spending it on libraries and other extraneous social services. In years of plenty many cites do not plan for the years of drought.

you have a one track mind...and you are in big denial...waste is due much more to greedy commercialism and over-development and a false value for appearances than anything else...you apply a harsh, strict, contrived measure to those you view your "enemies", and a lenient, self-serving measure to yourself and your fellows: the definition of hypocrisy!!! which is why religious hypocrites are responsible for scandalizing the non-believer...why don't you read a (real) book for a change and OPEN YOUR MIND????

Katherine, from your response, it is clearly obvious that you have no idea what you are talking about. Perhaps you ought to actually do a bit a research.

It is clear that your frustration is due to your lack of knowledge. Therefore you let your mouth run wild and find it easier to try to denigrate me than actually discuss the topic. If you would take the time and looked into a mirror, you would find that what you attribute to me is actually a reflection of your own self. For that I suggest you seek help.